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The Butler Hill Group, a small consulting company, seeks Dutch and Hebrew linguists (native-level fluency) to perform a number of tasks related to Dutch and Hebrew natural language processing systems under development, including consulting with linguists,syntacticians, lexicographers, and developers during the development process, and then performing quality assurance (testing) of the output. Sample tasks might include verifying the accuracy of parse trees, setting lexical (semantic) features on dictionary entries, and testing the output of an English-Dutch and English-Hebrew machine translation system.

Candidates should be native or near-native speakers of Dutch or Hebrew, with academic or professional background in Dutch or Hebrew linguistics, especially syntax, strong computer skills in a Windows environment, excellent communication skills in English, and a detail-oriented personality. The ideal candidate would be close enough to our client in Redmond, WA, to consult occasionally on-site, working remotely the rest of the time; however, we will also consider someone off-site who would work entirely remotely, though some travel may be required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate student or junior faculty seeking extra income; we can accomodate many unusual scheduling and telecommuting requirements. The ideal schedule would include some early morning availability (Pacific Time).

US residents must have US work authorization (US citizen or permanent resident). Unfortunately, the Butler Hill Group cannot sponsor employment visas.

Must have regular, secure access (e.g. not a public machine) to a machine running a recent version of Windows, with good Internet connectivity.

This is part-time contract work, 10-20 hours/week. A professional hourly rate will be paid, as 1099 self-employment income.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume or CV, in English, by June 15, 2005 to: